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this company is adapting to the environment in realtime in order to avoid interference and give you the strongest signal possible. ruckus avoids interference and this makes their wi-fi gateways and access points ideal for dense environments like cities or college campuses and because the product is superior, businesses that use ruckus' hardware need to buy fewer wi-fi access points because it covers more area. the overall wi-fi equipment market is expected to grow from $3.4 billion to $8.4 billion in 2016. compound growth, 20% annually. but ruckus is taking share in that market. i believe they would do much better than the average wi-fi planner. getting two-thirds from the wireless networking business, 4% market share. that could go up. the company has ton of success in the schools. universities love to wire themselves up with wi-fi and ruckus gets a third of its enterprise revenues from hotels. they can make their guests pay through the nose for it, right? a third comes from the service provider wi-fi market where internet providers are providing their own wi-fi to their enterprise cus
this company is adapting to the environment in realtime in order to avoid interference and give you the strongest signal possible. ruckus avoids interference and this makes their wi-fi gateways and access points ideal for dense environments like cities or college campuses and because the product is superior, businesses that use ruckus' hardware need to buy fewer wi-fi access points because it covers more area. the overall wi-fi equipment market is expected to grow from $3.4 billion to $8.4...
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. >> we've lived in this environment for the last 18 months, one big disaster after another. everyone is waiting for the policy response, comes at the 11th hour and 59th minute. this is a pattern everyone has gotten used to but the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling are the last big tail risks we think of the tail risks that we have to worry about, saw we would say once we get past that over the next several months we think it will lift a little bit of a cloud and investors will take risks. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> bob, thanks to you as well. ten minutes to go before we close it up. the dow jones industrial average holding on to a gain of 50 points. >> well, this herbalife soap opera is continuing. herb greenberg is coming up. all over the big move in the stock. take a look. up 3.25% right now. we'll show you what's behind it. >> and can you believe the iphone was only introduced five years ago? it is true. five years ago today, in fact, so here's a trivia question for you. the iphone alone is worth more money than what whole
. >> we've lived in this environment for the last 18 months, one big disaster after another. everyone is waiting for the policy response, comes at the 11th hour and 59th minute. this is a pattern everyone has gotten used to but the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling are the last big tail risks we think of the tail risks that we have to worry about, saw we would say once we get past that over the next several months we think it will lift a little bit of a cloud and investors will take...
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you're talking about cyclicals and you're talking cyclicals in an environment where the whole global economy has slowed down. how do you play into that story? >> what i'm arguing, maria, we're going to have some, not a lot, some improvement, not just of growth but about perceptions of growth. right now anybody who thinks we're going to grow thinks we're going to grow for that long and the next day they have no clue. we need just a little bit of confidence. about e.p.s for cyclical stocks are way in the basement discounting a recession i don't think we're going to get. >> maria made the point about all these companies sitting on cold, hard cash. will we see bigger payouts as a result that have? put some of the cash to work? all of these things are going to be positive for a market rally. >> it doesn't matter how much cash you have if they are not doing anything with it. >> you have to have some confidence. look, i won't stand here and be silly and poun the table saying confidence is coming back. i think there will be a little less fear. sort of in order, dividend increases, share buyb
you're talking about cyclicals and you're talking cyclicals in an environment where the whole global economy has slowed down. how do you play into that story? >> what i'm arguing, maria, we're going to have some, not a lot, some improvement, not just of growth but about perceptions of growth. right now anybody who thinks we're going to grow thinks we're going to grow for that long and the next day they have no clue. we need just a little bit of confidence. about e.p.s for cyclical stocks...
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we will talk individual stocks, as well as the macro investing environment in just a minute. but, becky has your morning headlines. >> we do. in fact, president obama is going to be nominating current chief of staff jack lew to replace tim geithner as treasury secretary. lew served as omb director under president clinton, and then again under president obama he also worked as a managing director at citigroup. he's going to be taking the lead negotiations with lawmakers who are confronting america's debt crisis, and try to avert harsh spending cuts that are set to kick in on the first of march. but as we just heard we'll see if that actually happens or not. the president's going to be making the nomination official today at 1:30 p.m. we do have some breaking news just out from ford. >> doubling its dividends. stocks up a little bit. doesn't take much to go up 1% when you have $13 stock. but it was a 20 cent per year dividend. it's now going to be 40 cents per year. the yield was just under 1.5% so this will push it up to a 3% yield so ford doubling its dividend. payable on mar
we will talk individual stocks, as well as the macro investing environment in just a minute. but, becky has your morning headlines. >> we do. in fact, president obama is going to be nominating current chief of staff jack lew to replace tim geithner as treasury secretary. lew served as omb director under president clinton, and then again under president obama he also worked as a managing director at citigroup. he's going to be taking the lead negotiations with lawmakers who are confronting...
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treasury, and that type of environment where dividends are going to grow 10% this year, that can be a good backdrop on stocks like ford that developed its dividend last week, lowe's on the home improvement side and dresser injuries and transindustries. >> with all due respect, jpmorgan out yesterday saying that maybe the dividend play is last year's play and maybe now is the time to get into riskier assets in equities because they feel like the economy is going to start to pick up. so you're sticking with the dividend play though? >> i am. for these two reasons. one, bill, the growth of dividends is the story. not the absolute yield. it's the growth in dividends and that can be names like qualcomm, apple, ford is my example. second. when investors look much like 1994 and 1999, when interest rates went higher, the ten-year treasury was yielding, was returning minus 3% for those two calendar years. people will come back to the stock market, but they will come back to the stock market in the safer yield and dividend-growing stories. that is why i think the catalyst for david dents will s
treasury, and that type of environment where dividends are going to grow 10% this year, that can be a good backdrop on stocks like ford that developed its dividend last week, lowe's on the home improvement side and dresser injuries and transindustries. >> with all due respect, jpmorgan out yesterday saying that maybe the dividend play is last year's play and maybe now is the time to get into riskier assets in equities because they feel like the economy is going to start to pick up. so...
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it's certainly a good return, low interest rate environment. i like to think of it as a fair return for honest work. not the best return out of the equity market in past years but a good return coming from some earnings growth and pe expansion and a 2.5% dividend return. >> from an economy that continues to improve. >> it is improving. first half i think weighed upon by all of this fiscal shenanigans going on and second half should be better and the fed will step back but they're super easy. equities should benefit. >> i want to listen to a sound bite, david, that there was on "squawk box." here's what he said about his expectations for earnings. >> earnings of s&p 500 are going to be down this year. >> down year over year? >> down year over year. i think below 100. >> below 100. >> maybe 95. i think the market will have a swoon here, ending the year pretty flat. >> what is he missing? >> we are forecasting $108 of earnings for 2013. >> big difference. >> big difference. i respect byron's opinion. we don't expect a recession and what needs to b
it's certainly a good return, low interest rate environment. i like to think of it as a fair return for honest work. not the best return out of the equity market in past years but a good return coming from some earnings growth and pe expansion and a 2.5% dividend return. >> from an economy that continues to improve. >> it is improving. first half i think weighed upon by all of this fiscal shenanigans going on and second half should be better and the fed will step back but they're...
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the yield curve will get more possibly sloped and that will be indicative of strengthening economic environments. >> got it. dennis, great to see you. >> always nice to be on. >> dennis gartman. time now for pops and drops, the big movers you might have missed. drop for verizon. b.k.? >> trading down in sympathy with apple and the order cuts. verizon sells a lot of the iphones. i would stay away. >> big pop for fifth and pacific. up 11%. karen? >> yes, they were at the icr conference, a big retail conference this week and they put out numbers which were not as disappointing that people thought. kate spade, absolutely on fire, even though juicy, not so juicy, but we like fifth and pacific. >> pop for research in motion. pete? >> this is the story with a no story. a stock that was $11.82 at 10:00 in the morning that finished at 1 $14.95. there's been volume in the stock and options. expectations this stock is going to go higher. splenty of speculation. forget about that. a lot of dollars right now. >> pop for ups. grasso? >> their deal with tnt express fell apart. they have to pay $266 million bec
the yield curve will get more possibly sloped and that will be indicative of strengthening economic environments. >> got it. dennis, great to see you. >> always nice to be on. >> dennis gartman. time now for pops and drops, the big movers you might have missed. drop for verizon. b.k.? >> trading down in sympathy with apple and the order cuts. verizon sells a lot of the iphones. i would stay away. >> big pop for fifth and pacific. up 11%. karen? >> yes, they...
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the market knows we're in a slow growth environment. we're not going to get strong gdp, and it's not willing to assign much of a pe to these earnings. that's going to be a continuation, but next year i think investor confidence is going to improve a little. it's really lagged in this rally, so i think we're just going to be able to inch it up enough to where we have a decent year in the market and modest earnings growth. >> david, jump in here. your top stocks picks for 2012 outper formeded in the market by 6%. nice going there. >> thank you. >> looking ahead, what are your picks in 2013 and what's the maybe influence on this market, the, the dysfunction in washington, the global economy? what's the real catalyst for stocks? >> sure, to the second question first, the catalyst for stocks will be valuation most important and lower interest rates and continued accommodative fed policy i think is ultimately proof positive for stocks, not just this year but over the next couple of years versus alternative investments. and in that type of bac
the market knows we're in a slow growth environment. we're not going to get strong gdp, and it's not willing to assign much of a pe to these earnings. that's going to be a continuation, but next year i think investor confidence is going to improve a little. it's really lagged in this rally, so i think we're just going to be able to inch it up enough to where we have a decent year in the market and modest earnings growth. >> david, jump in here. your top stocks picks for 2012 outper...
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the company did warn that competitive environment though remains challenging. molly corp plummeting after 2013 revenue and case flows would be weaker than expected due to falling rare earth prices. and super value, which has been in the news lately, says it plans to sell five retail grocery clans to an investor group. the price tag, $3.3 billion. as we continue on power lunch we are waiting for president obama to set to name the white house chief of staff jack lew as new treasury chief. but there are a number of people, including some on the floor, who are afraid of mr. lew, heading up treasury. we will talk about that when we come back as you look at this live picture from the white house. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. w
the company did warn that competitive environment though remains challenging. molly corp plummeting after 2013 revenue and case flows would be weaker than expected due to falling rare earth prices. and super value, which has been in the news lately, says it plans to sell five retail grocery clans to an investor group. the price tag, $3.3 billion. as we continue on power lunch we are waiting for president obama to set to name the white house chief of staff jack lew as new treasury chief. but...
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it may be uncomfortable, unpleasant, shifting production to low-cost environments. business corporations and companies, they know what has to be done. they just wish this lot would get -- >> and the main point, ali, you talked about the fragile recovery. and it is fragile, but it is a recovery. and i think that now that washington has gotten past the big tax debate, the best thing would be do no harm. it's a fragile recovery. let it get stronger. this is not the time for the grand budget bargain that some people are talking act. >> both people have pointed out things i would agree with. >> don't be so surprised. >> the fact business is resilient and can operate in a worst case environment. >> it has to. >> we wish it wouldn't have to. i want to underline something chrystia said. just because you paz more laws than a congress that may follow you does not make you a better congress. some of this crises is natural. it's going to happen when you must make difficult decisions about your spending and taxing. it's natural consequence of a big, big choice. >> it's also a pr
it may be uncomfortable, unpleasant, shifting production to low-cost environments. business corporations and companies, they know what has to be done. they just wish this lot would get -- >> and the main point, ali, you talked about the fragile recovery. and it is fragile, but it is a recovery. and i think that now that washington has gotten past the big tax debate, the best thing would be do no harm. it's a fragile recovery. let it get stronger. this is not the time for the grand budget...
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better regulatory environment there. and just a lot of data they've can charge for. >> what do you like heineken? >> well, first of all it's one of the few global beer brands. secondly, it's acquisition of apb quite recently it's now 60% emerging markets. i think that there are a lot of very good brewers in the world. heineken has been somewhat ignored i think for much of the last five years. had a good year last year but we think it's still got plenty of upside. >> george, we want to thank you for your time today. and some good picks. we'll have you back to talk more about other stocks that you see out there. >> thanks a lot. >> coming up, stocks on the move ahead of the opening bell. wells fargo, best buy and others with jim cramer right after the break. [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology a
better regulatory environment there. and just a lot of data they've can charge for. >> what do you like heineken? >> well, first of all it's one of the few global beer brands. secondly, it's acquisition of apb quite recently it's now 60% emerging markets. i think that there are a lot of very good brewers in the world. heineken has been somewhat ignored i think for much of the last five years. had a good year last year but we think it's still got plenty of upside. >> george, we...
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but is this a hostile work environment, eamon? >> i don't know. i'm just glad i'm here in the studio by myself, tyler. i'm not with you guys. i have no idea -- >> maybe we're glad we're not with you. >> how small is the cubicle, that the question. when we are in the workplace with other people, we have to deal with other people and all of their weird stuff. some of it is really weird and some of it is offensive and that's part of being a human being. >> i guess a lot of things are part after being a human being. how about you, jane? i'm interesting to hear -- >> i know, i had brothers, husband, i know all about this. my feeling is, that you know, some people obviously can't lep it. but there are product out there. gas begone. go to gasbegone.com. where the tag line is, don't blame the dog. which, by the way, i have. they have cushions. i did something on this company years ago. you sit on these cushions. they help. he can do it on command. >> look at that. a gasb gon pillow. sadly, they ended there -- >> sadly? >> sue? >> i go >> i get to follow t
but is this a hostile work environment, eamon? >> i don't know. i'm just glad i'm here in the studio by myself, tyler. i'm not with you guys. i have no idea -- >> maybe we're glad we're not with you. >> how small is the cubicle, that the question. when we are in the workplace with other people, we have to deal with other people and all of their weird stuff. some of it is really weird and some of it is offensive and that's part of being a human being. >> i guess a lot of...
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in the past four years we probably haven't seen a better global economic environment when it comes to chinese demand. we have a pickup now in housing, in auto sales. maybe it's a different sort of environment for alcoa this time, keith. >> and this is going to be the back and forth of earnings season. earnings are a lagging indicator. they are going to slow but growth is stabilizing globally and that's a big difference versus slowing. so, with alcoa, i agree with guy. better than bad is the point. we got to get to the financials. that's going to be the front end of earnings season which starts on friday with wells fargo. >> karen? >> alcoa is first. aa. coming up first in the book. other than that, i don't see it as a read through to much. >> harder this time around concerning we've got positive data from the automakers already and boeing is clouded with a whole other myriad of problems of its own. this is not necessarily a read through into the strength of the a a e r aerospace industry. back on december 18th, moody's put alcoa on a negative review with a positive downgrade to junk s
in the past four years we probably haven't seen a better global economic environment when it comes to chinese demand. we have a pickup now in housing, in auto sales. maybe it's a different sort of environment for alcoa this time, keith. >> and this is going to be the back and forth of earnings season. earnings are a lagging indicator. they are going to slow but growth is stabilizing globally and that's a big difference versus slowing. so, with alcoa, i agree with guy. better than bad is...
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but it's there on the sidelines, and yet this market keeps going higher because of this interest rate environment, because of the easy money from central bankers. do you still see that kind of conviction on -- on the part of big buyers? >> yes, i do, and i think as we said, the global p myois telling you that we're coming from a dismal place. if you bag back to the fiscal collapse that we went through worldwide, particularly i look to china, for the impact that china continues to have on the global economy. the united states is again demonstrating, may not be the growth rate that we want, but it is in fact heading in the right direction which is why the asset class of exsis should come back into favor. we've been out of favor for years at this point. the weekly money flows we just saw, the first time we've seen positive growth. >> exactly. >> i think that money has been spent quite frankly so that's a tough trade, but at this particular point market has digested what it's going to digest. put in a great first two weeks of january, and i believe the money flows should and will continue into the un
but it's there on the sidelines, and yet this market keeps going higher because of this interest rate environment, because of the easy money from central bankers. do you still see that kind of conviction on -- on the part of big buyers? >> yes, i do, and i think as we said, the global p myois telling you that we're coming from a dismal place. if you bag back to the fiscal collapse that we went through worldwide, particularly i look to china, for the impact that china continues to have on...
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. >> i think we're in an environment, scott, where you can have both. kind of as joe is saying now, can you have some money coming into the equities market, that's going to boost up the equities market but there will be demand for bonds i agree. >> we have a phenomenon now known as -- people are going to hate this -- bond-like equities where you have something like a johnson & johnson with a higher yield than its own ten-year bond. there are quite a few of those, multi-national companies, not susceptible to the risk of any one geographical location. they're being treated at bonds. i don't think that stops. >> pete, the debt ceiling debate is likely to get ratcheted up. all of these things are like live to keep a bid in bonds simply because of the volatility that will bring. >> how about the bid in something like the pharmaceutical sector, the utilities and murph brought it up earlier, when you can buy protection now and get yourself into positions that you think not only will increase but a case in like a merck, i've been in merck for a while, getting a
. >> i think we're in an environment, scott, where you can have both. kind of as joe is saying now, can you have some money coming into the equities market, that's going to boost up the equities market but there will be demand for bonds i agree. >> we have a phenomenon now known as -- people are going to hate this -- bond-like equities where you have something like a johnson & johnson with a higher yield than its own ten-year bond. there are quite a few of those, multi-national...
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>> i think it was just in a bad environment. i lasted the majority of the time without getting sick, but up until the end is when i started getting a little ill. >> let's pick it up when your ordeal began. you drive down with a friend to brownsville texas. you check in with the u.s. authorities. what do you tell the u.s. people? >> we told them we have got this hunting shot gun and we are trying to go through mexico legally what do we have to do? they gave us paperwork to set out if you declare it with this paperwork you should be fine. we mapaid a fee crossed the borr and declared the weapon and that's where a short while after that that's where things started going wrong. >> you go voluntarily to the mexican side show them the paperwork and they did what do you? >> it took them a while to figure out what they were going to do. once the certain super peer kwhoer that made the decision that i was going to go to jail came through, started doing the paperwork. they didn't let us know we were going to jail, though. they made it sou
>> i think it was just in a bad environment. i lasted the majority of the time without getting sick, but up until the end is when i started getting a little ill. >> let's pick it up when your ordeal began. you drive down with a friend to brownsville texas. you check in with the u.s. authorities. what do you tell the u.s. people? >> we told them we have got this hunting shot gun and we are trying to go through mexico legally what do we have to do? they gave us paperwork to set...
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are actually behind the counter in dispensaries, and so it's a very safe, secure, highly regulated environment that we operate in. >> okay. so 18 states have now passed medical marijuana laws. 18 states, so you -- you operate -- you operate already in california. you operate in canada. you've got dispensers coming to market in arizona in a matter of weeks. >> correct. >> what when are you likely to break into the remaining states? what's the plan for growth? >> that's a very good question because we are not just about medical marijuana. our technology crosses many boundaries in the traditional pharmacy retailing business, whether it's retail pharmacies, institutional pharmacy plays, doctor offices, hospice, long-term care, so our solution really is very broad scope and has a tremendous value proposition in traditional pharmacy and in traditional health care. in terms of medical marijuana we are on a state-by-state awareness, put if in aware ney. every state sen acting its own laws and regulations so we're currently enacting the rules in recently passed state like connecticut and massachusetts.
are actually behind the counter in dispensaries, and so it's a very safe, secure, highly regulated environment that we operate in. >> okay. so 18 states have now passed medical marijuana laws. 18 states, so you -- you operate -- you operate already in california. you operate in canada. you've got dispensers coming to market in arizona in a matter of weeks. >> correct. >> what when are you likely to break into the remaining states? what's the plan for growth? >> that's a...
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what will that do to whether they have to calm the environment? that's what people are talking about on the periphery of europe at the moment and question of real money to return, real money. long-term money will return back to the peripheral bond markets. spain the going to try to raise 121 billion euros of debt this year. who will buy it? at the real level. you can liberalize, for example, the greek taxi system. who will set up a taxi firm in athens in the present system? returning the big question of whether the nasties in the banking system which still remain in europe could blow up massive parts of the system undercapitalized and sony kapoor believes that the banking union is a total farce because the ecb may be supervising but the safety net money only applied for losses in the future but not sitting on at the moment, carl. tomorrow morning ecb. >> we'll see. you see draghi got person of the year. >> he hold the markets together in 2012. there is absolutely no question about it. >> buying a lot of time. we'll see you later. thanks. >>> the f
what will that do to whether they have to calm the environment? that's what people are talking about on the periphery of europe at the moment and question of real money to return, real money. long-term money will return back to the peripheral bond markets. spain the going to try to raise 121 billion euros of debt this year. who will buy it? at the real level. you can liberalize, for example, the greek taxi system. who will set up a taxi firm in athens in the present system? returning the big...
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i don't -- i don't believe that -- if you create anomalous environments where those things are available, you have too much bleed thru, i think we need to have consistency across this. parents should feel comfortable regardless of where they live. >> rhonda, has there been any student reaction to this? what is their takeaway knowing the teachers in their schools may be secretly armed? >> well, i mean, you used the word "secretly." but we do have, as was mentioned, the law in the entire state of utah. and the bottom line is we all have the same goal. we want our kids to be safe in schools. and we need to work together on that. as district officials and teachers we do need to work with parents. we need to work with our local law enforcement officials to -- just to make sure we're doing everything that we can to keep our kids safe in schools. the teacher mentioned that she's doing this because she wants to keep her kids safe. there are many, many things that all of us can do to make sure our kids are safe in schools. >> but isn't it you think maybe the responsibility of the school district
i don't -- i don't believe that -- if you create anomalous environments where those things are available, you have too much bleed thru, i think we need to have consistency across this. parents should feel comfortable regardless of where they live. >> rhonda, has there been any student reaction to this? what is their takeaway knowing the teachers in their schools may be secretly armed? >> well, i mean, you used the word "secretly." but we do have, as was mentioned, the law...
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they have shown our customer environment is much larger than anyone out in the world thinks that we have, especially one man who is trying to put a position forward that we have no customers, which is really a strange position in a company like ours, and we have thousands of people walking into nutrition clubs as you and i speak. >> to the best of your knowledge, though, michael, what percentage of your products are sold outside the network and what are inside the network? >> i don't have a number for pup. >> you don't have a ballparkest senate. >> i got in trouble doing that last time. let's go back, check the facts. we know who we sell to. we do not know who they sell to. and there's nothing wrong with the way we do our business. there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. >> let's talk a little buiit mo about the customer base and opportunities for upward mobility. what percentage or ballpark estimates, how many of your distributors actually clear roughly the $100,000 mark per year? do you have a sense of that? >> oh, yeah, we know that. 100,000 in sales? >> no, in actual earnings. bil
they have shown our customer environment is much larger than anyone out in the world thinks that we have, especially one man who is trying to put a position forward that we have no customers, which is really a strange position in a company like ours, and we have thousands of people walking into nutrition clubs as you and i speak. >> to the best of your knowledge, though, michael, what percentage of your products are sold outside the network and what are inside the network? >> i...
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income tax and corporate tax it is time to change so people can keep their own money and foster an environment where businesses want to invest and create good paying jobs. he would hike the 4 percent sales tax and some say like it up to washington d.c., is that right or wrong? i am dave asbin. we'll go to steve and rich and mike and john, you love this idea and think it is good for the whole, country explain. >> one of the scandal is not the deficits, but the fact that federal government collects 2.5 trillion. with the consumption or sales tax, this is the lone way we can limit how much money gets to the federal government and more businesses would be created and jobs and the federal government would not be penalizing our work and we would get more work and jobs. >> sounds good to me, rick, to you? >> here's the problem. i will not touch incredibly regressive nature of this. >> by regressive, it hits the poor more than the rich? >> exactly. put the brakes on a economy, imagine what happens here. first of all, to keep the revenue neutral, you are looking at a 20 or 30 percent sales tax . add th
income tax and corporate tax it is time to change so people can keep their own money and foster an environment where businesses want to invest and create good paying jobs. he would hike the 4 percent sales tax and some say like it up to washington d.c., is that right or wrong? i am dave asbin. we'll go to steve and rich and mike and john, you love this idea and think it is good for the whole, country explain. >> one of the scandal is not the deficits, but the fact that federal government...
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and they talked about at least an uneven economic environment, so, it is a bit of a mixed signal. this is a stock that's trading at an aar. it's very overbought. i don't think you need to own this stock. >> there's no read through to some of the other credit card issuers out there in terms of, american express saying credit ipd kay torps are historically low. >> well, again, i agree with b.k. that this is one where, it's not exactly the same client as capital one. >> right. >> but it's a good possibility that capital one will also do very well because of the extension of the bush level tax cuts and those being made permanent for all but the payroll tax that does impact some of the capital one folks a little more than it will american express folks. >>> coming up next, the wiggest movers in today's session, plus, why china's stronger than expected economic data may be fooling investors. a look at hidden risks. and herbalife tripes to reassure shareholders, but the stock slides anyway. we get reaction from one of herbalife's investors right after this. ♪ [ male announcer ] don't j
and they talked about at least an uneven economic environment, so, it is a bit of a mixed signal. this is a stock that's trading at an aar. it's very overbought. i don't think you need to own this stock. >> there's no read through to some of the other credit card issuers out there in terms of, american express saying credit ipd kay torps are historically low. >> well, again, i agree with b.k. that this is one where, it's not exactly the same client as capital one. >> right....
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and management's been touting the used video game business as the way forward for the company in this environment. they were supposed to be gamestop's salvation, instead down more than 15%. can you believe that? that seems like maybe management is -- they're not ready for this. maybe they don't have as good of a handle on things as they think. plus the new video game consoles that bulls are excited about do get released, they might include technology that makes it so only the original user could play that game. that would be something, right? beyond the ailing used game business, gamestop plans to grow the digital business, selling games over the internet, dramatically over the next couple of years. but, i don't see how they compete against more established online players. fact is, gamestop has to compete with amazon on way too many fronts. they sell the same gaming hardware and software, does digital down loads too, letting you buy and download games online, amazon's on fire here and they do it really well. and amazon makes it easy to find and buy used video games by connecting you with vendors
and management's been touting the used video game business as the way forward for the company in this environment. they were supposed to be gamestop's salvation, instead down more than 15%. can you believe that? that seems like maybe management is -- they're not ready for this. maybe they don't have as good of a handle on things as they think. plus the new video game consoles that bulls are excited about do get released, they might include technology that makes it so only the original user...
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but in this environment, people want net interest margin. they want the bank to make more money or more mortgages. >> some banks out there, just declined only six basis points. that's how optimistic some on wall street will be going into this quarter. the sequential decline, it's 3.56 for the fourth quarter from 3.66 in the third. as you mentioned, ten-base point decline. so that picture has been dimming a bit. total lending has increased. >> not enough to offset the incredible increase in the deposits. what did they take in over -- >> $30 billion in the quarter. >> 12% annualized. even with that rescinding of the insurance beyond 250,000, still deposit flows. yet you can't put it into productive loans or you don't want to because you worry about credit quality and we end up with contracting energy -- >> look, we're at a moment where i don't think anybody who's got a mortgage, they know they're getting a good price. the ohio regionals are going to do better. that welgs is now a sale. look, wells could go to 33. if it had been to 32, it will
but in this environment, people want net interest margin. they want the bank to make more money or more mortgages. >> some banks out there, just declined only six basis points. that's how optimistic some on wall street will be going into this quarter. the sequential decline, it's 3.56 for the fourth quarter from 3.66 in the third. as you mentioned, ten-base point decline. so that picture has been dimming a bit. total lending has increased. >> not enough to offset the incredible...
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the default environment is still relatively benign. one of the things that i think gets lost on investors is since 2008 we have refinanced the entire high yield market. there is two ben fritz that from. one is you clearly have a lower interest rate because of lower rates but the second thing we've done is push out maturity. even if there is weakness, which we would not rule out, most companies are pretty well positioned to survive that and they don't have near term mature its. which is always a concern from a high yield investors because, you know, banks can be fickle. we know that. so from a credit standpoint, things are very strong. >> how much go you take into kri consideration, the macro economy, how much does it play when you're putting together a portfolio. >> macro sets the guard rail of the idea. you will deemphasize home builders or building products. right now for example, we are concerned about europe. from the standpoint of credit, we look at european exposure and incorporate that. you can see we are clearly under weight in
the default environment is still relatively benign. one of the things that i think gets lost on investors is since 2008 we have refinanced the entire high yield market. there is two ben fritz that from. one is you clearly have a lower interest rate because of lower rates but the second thing we've done is push out maturity. even if there is weakness, which we would not rule out, most companies are pretty well positioned to survive that and they don't have near term mature its. which is always a...
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the risk is to the down side, because we've still got the big macro economic environment. there are still plenty of people who think the debt ceiling issues could be a debacle. february 15th, a little earlier than expected, a lot of people floating ideas that moody's might downgrade the u.s. debt sometime this quarter, if there's no grand bargain that ever appears, and that looks increasingly unlikely. i'm in the camp that the risk is to the down side on the stock market right now. earnings today, as you just mentioned here, look, the question has been whether or not putry was the trough in earnings that things would get better from here. it's going to be modest improvement. q4 isn't looking that great. we're only looking at roughly 3% improvement in earnings. that's not great. top line growth has been nonexistent throughout last year. q3 top line growth was zero. zero. we haven't seen that in a long time. you want to know how weird that is? the ten-year eenaverage is 7%. maybe it will be 3%. that's the hope. it's coming down as we're going in. so we may be at a trough in
the risk is to the down side, because we've still got the big macro economic environment. there are still plenty of people who think the debt ceiling issues could be a debacle. february 15th, a little earlier than expected, a lot of people floating ideas that moody's might downgrade the u.s. debt sometime this quarter, if there's no grand bargain that ever appears, and that looks increasingly unlikely. i'm in the camp that the risk is to the down side on the stock market right now. earnings...
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sort of the new normal, if you will, in a lot of these companies given the fact that the regulatory environment is getting worse and globalization is not necessarily on their side where it was so many years ago? is this going to be the new normal? well, i don't think so. here's the question. will the politicians get it right? will we go over the cliff, another debt ceiling and if we don't we could have a very robust capital markets this year, an that's what encourages me for the big money centers. for the smaller guys starved for loan growth and margin pressures they will be buyers. the really small guys will be the sellers and you'll see a lot of m & a opportunity out here. >> jason this morning you raised estimates on three banks. you lowered estimates on nine banks. tell me what was behind that. you're expecting the quarter to be what, more negative than positive for the sector overall? how do you see it? >> fine tuning here and there with overall estimate. i think generally for the earnings for the quarter. we think about half our banks will beat expectations. half miss. if you think during
sort of the new normal, if you will, in a lot of these companies given the fact that the regulatory environment is getting worse and globalization is not necessarily on their side where it was so many years ago? is this going to be the new normal? well, i don't think so. here's the question. will the politicians get it right? will we go over the cliff, another debt ceiling and if we don't we could have a very robust capital markets this year, an that's what encourages me for the big money...
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a very tough operating environment with net interest margin low side and saw the other mortgaged-related issues and regulatory scrutiny that as been promulgated. but with the mn t, particular attention to it. it could be another dollar of earnings potential factored into those shares of the course of 2013. pay particular attention. liz: thank you so much. he lives and breathes the stuff. the closing bell ringing in seven tents. we crossed the flat line. all green on the screen. is this the end of the pc era? to the first time in five years, they sales fell and two names attacking the heat. with stocks after the break. ♪ what are you doing? nothing. are you stling our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that's a great idea. i'm going to go... we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping at fedex office. ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close
a very tough operating environment with net interest margin low side and saw the other mortgaged-related issues and regulatory scrutiny that as been promulgated. but with the mn t, particular attention to it. it could be another dollar of earnings potential factored into those shares of the course of 2013. pay particular attention. liz: thank you so much. he lives and breathes the stuff. the closing bell ringing in seven tents. we crossed the flat line. all green on the screen. is this the end...
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is slow and steady the right strategy for an uncertain political environment? that's our question. our "what's working" series continues with arrow investment chairman john rogers. the current chairman of president obama's advisory council on financial capability, and we are twliled to have you here this morning, john. >> great to be back. >> so what is working in this environment? or what do you think is going to be working in 2013? >> well, i think that the housing rate of stocks are going to continue to do very well. warren buffett's talked about the fact of how important the recovery in the housing market is for the overall economy. jobs get creative because of it. and i think that momentum is going to continue into 2013. >> okay so let's go through a couple names. names of companies that you really like. in the housing worlds. >> we've had a lot of success from carpet manufacturers like mohawk and inner face. we also own first american financial which is one of our best performers last year. and we're looking for any of the companies that have any ties to housing markets. we t
is slow and steady the right strategy for an uncertain political environment? that's our question. our "what's working" series continues with arrow investment chairman john rogers. the current chairman of president obama's advisory council on financial capability, and we are twliled to have you here this morning, john. >> great to be back. >> so what is working in this environment? or what do you think is going to be working in 2013? >> well, i think that the housing...
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will the environment finally become a legislative priority? we'll discuss that just ahead. what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that's a great idea. i'm going to go... we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping at fedex office. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your rates won't go up due to your first accident, and new car replacement, where, if you total your new car, we give you the money for a new one. call... to talk to an insurance expert about everything else that comes standard with our base auto policy. and if you get into an accident and use one of our certified repair shops, your repairs are guaranteed for life. call... to switch, and you could save hundreds. ♪ born
will the environment finally become a legislative priority? we'll discuss that just ahead. what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that's a great idea. i'm going to go... we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping at fedex office. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still...
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you don't think a firearm in the classroom would put anyone at risk, that it would be a much safer environment? >> i -- i absolutely -- i wouldn't consider carrying one if i didn't feel like i could do it safely. >> but what if you had a parent who objected to it? what position would that put you in? >> well, in the state of utah, a parent doesn't have to know about it. teachers can carry a firearm and nobody ever -- they've been doing it for 12 years. i've found out more and more about teachers that do. and employee -- >> the teachers have had guns in schools for 12 years in utah? >> yes, yes. it's been legal to do that for 12 years. >> and parents haven't known about it? >> right. you don't have to tell if you're a concealed weapon holder. >> do you think parents have a right to know? for instance, if my child was in your classroom, do you think that i would have a right to know that there is a firearm in that classroom? >> well, if -- if -- i personally would feel okay with any of the teachers, teachers i know, any teach they're i've ever met. they have the -- >> but i'm talking about the p
you don't think a firearm in the classroom would put anyone at risk, that it would be a much safer environment? >> i -- i absolutely -- i wouldn't consider carrying one if i didn't feel like i could do it safely. >> but what if you had a parent who objected to it? what position would that put you in? >> well, in the state of utah, a parent doesn't have to know about it. teachers can carry a firearm and nobody ever -- they've been doing it for 12 years. i've found out more and...
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president obama saying today it will still be a dangerous environment. we will still need to do force protection, but the mission will change this is how we start to leave and it will happen as of this spring which is a surprise. faster than anybody said it would happen. now, the justification for speeding up the way out, i have to admit, is a little holey. holey with an "e," not ah. this is because of the progress that's been made in terms of after began security forces, capacity to take the lead. i don't really know anything about the strength of afghan security forces and neither do you, unless you are just back from the war, which case, welcome home. but the pentagon's report to congress on that subject which reportedly was ready before the election this year, but did not get released until after the election for some reason, the official u.s. pentagon report on the readiness of afghan security forces, far from afghan security forces ready to take the lead, out of 23 afghan army brigades, only one of those 23 brigades capable of operating independent
president obama saying today it will still be a dangerous environment. we will still need to do force protection, but the mission will change this is how we start to leave and it will happen as of this spring which is a surprise. faster than anybody said it would happen. now, the justification for speeding up the way out, i have to admit, is a little holey. holey with an "e," not ah. this is because of the progress that's been made in terms of after began security forces, capacity to...
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when you wanted to be a big cheese in the foreign policy environment, you did afghanistan. and that's what the generals did. that's what richard holbrooke, that's what others who were involved in drew their power from. and he did a deal with the military, and particularly david petraeus. i will give you 30,000 troops on top of what is already there to gut punch the taliban and try to soften up the system. and that's all you get. if you can change the circumstances. the military overpromised and underdelivered. and i think that the resolve of not only the president, but joe biden having always been in that view in coordination with others on the team like dennis mcdonough and tom donilon, really recall the deal and the terms of the deal and they took the troops back. and that broke the back of a notion that a large military footprint delivered automatically the kind of security deliverables that the military was promising. it actually created blowback and counter reaction much like the alliance that you showed in that piece that there is more violence after the surge than be
when you wanted to be a big cheese in the foreign policy environment, you did afghanistan. and that's what the generals did. that's what richard holbrooke, that's what others who were involved in drew their power from. and he did a deal with the military, and particularly david petraeus. i will give you 30,000 troops on top of what is already there to gut punch the taliban and try to soften up the system. and that's all you get. if you can change the circumstances. the military overpromised and...
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. >> it is a much different environment. >> they are more parsimonious today but he also said tell the truth because sooner or later people will find out. that is still a modern day public relations. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn0-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. mortgage. married. two great kids. he wants to protect his family with a $500,000 term life insurance policy. what do you think it'll cost him? a hundred dollars a month? sixty? forty? actually none of the above. john can get a $500,000 policy -from a highly rated insurer - for under $25 a month. his secret? selectquote. selectquote is impartial. they'll search the pick of insurers like these to give you a choice of your best prices. selectquote has great savings on term life for women, too. john's wife carrie, can get a $500,000 policy for under $16 a month. selectquote has helped make term life insurance affordable fo
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the environment we live in is still conducive to be la tij jous because no one can make any money. carl, back to you. >> rick, we'll talk to you in a bit. rick santelli. >>> goldman is making waves with its bonus payouts. mary thompson has a flash. >> the company confirming that goldman has decided not to delay the bonus payments until april which would have allowed the bonuses to be taxed at a lower rate. goldman sachs' stock is slightly higher, about three-quarters of a percent. those payments originally due here in the u.s. in 2013 but the company, again, accelerated those payments into 2012 to take advantage of lower tax rates. again, the uk says -- someone close to the company saying that after some consideration, it will not be delaying bonus payments there to take advantage of lower rates. back to you. >> yeah, not the only bank where compensation is in the news. thank you, mary. >>> a few minutes left in europe's trading days. simon hobbs in less than 60 seconds. and i jumped right on it. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 tdd# 1-800-345-2550 since i've switched to charles schwab... tdd#
the environment we live in is still conducive to be la tij jous because no one can make any money. carl, back to you. >> rick, we'll talk to you in a bit. rick santelli. >>> goldman is making waves with its bonus payouts. mary thompson has a flash. >> the company confirming that goldman has decided not to delay the bonus payments until april which would have allowed the bonuses to be taxed at a lower rate. goldman sachs' stock is slightly higher, about three-quarters of a...
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she invented a new profession and quite simply changed the way most of us see and think about manmade environments. championing preservation and urban renewal. ada louise huxtabl was 91. you fell in love with. she's everything to you. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. if you have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or vision, or if you have
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solution we're going to have to look at how do we address these type of weapons in urban and suburban environments particularly. because what we're looking at in montana is not quite the same as what we may be looking at in chicago or places around the nation. >> cynthia -- >> what do people need them for in montana? what do people need them for in montana? i grew up in alabama, in deepest, reddest alabama. my father loved hunting. i grew up with shotguns and rifles in the house. he never -- it was a rural area. he never felt the need to have an assault weapon. the deer weren't armed. so why do you need an assault weapon? i don't understand -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> i did not say assault weapon. >> why do you need one? >> i did not say an assault weapon. what i'm saying is when you're putting a solution in place we're still going to have to be mindful or the compliancy in chicago and new york city versus people in the big west. people such as residents in montana or the dakotas. we're going to have to be mindful. i'm not saying i'm defending people having assault weapons. those are weapons of
solution we're going to have to look at how do we address these type of weapons in urban and suburban environments particularly. because what we're looking at in montana is not quite the same as what we may be looking at in chicago or places around the nation. >> cynthia -- >> what do people need them for in montana? what do people need them for in montana? i grew up in alabama, in deepest, reddest alabama. my father loved hunting. i grew up with shotguns and rifles in the house. he...
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that, in fact, even further inflated beyond what our national security needs are, and make cuts in the environment and housing and transportation, and i just believe that i'm better prepared having just done what i have done to do this. it's not that i'd be the best interim senator ever. just that in these particular circumstances with very complex issues as kind of a continuation, i'm there, and i believe it's very important for us to go after them, for example, on this phony, irresponsible issue on the debt limit and do defense, social security, and medicare. the two most successful anti-poverty programs in history. at a time when people say we have too much inequality, the notion you would increase in equality is nuts, and further -- look, i had some unhappiness when i read about chuck hagel's remarks from 14 years ago, which i didn't remember, but now the question is he's a man who is going to help us withdraw from afghanistan and reduce the military. i'm very encouraged by that. my one criticism of the president was he wasn't going far enough in reducing the military. i think people now under
that, in fact, even further inflated beyond what our national security needs are, and make cuts in the environment and housing and transportation, and i just believe that i'm better prepared having just done what i have done to do this. it's not that i'd be the best interim senator ever. just that in these particular circumstances with very complex issues as kind of a continuation, i'm there, and i believe it's very important for us to go after them, for example, on this phony, irresponsible...